Photograph of a bird's-eye perspective drawing for or of the Automobile Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Company, Edgewater, New Jersey

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
Turner Construction Company (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a bird's-eye perspective drawing for or of the Automobile Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Company, Edgewater, New Jersey

Date:

ca. 1929 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.6 x 24.1 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0204

Drawing Type:

rendering
perspective drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view
exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [diagonally] stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M6458[-4]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "33" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Edgewater, New Jersey] / DESCRIPTION / [Assembly Plant] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. [1501] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster Studio - M6458-4]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Edgewater; New Jersey; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chimneys (architectural elements)
ships
architectural drawing
water tower
industrial complex
industrial buildings
port
smokestacks
trains (vehicle groupings)
automobile assembly plant
factory (structure)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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